Social housing in South Derbyshire
9.9% of households in South Derbyshire are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is below the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in South Derbyshire?
South Derbyshire ranks 344th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 45,250 households, 4,474 are social homes (9.9%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does South Derbyshire compare with the UK average?
At -7.6 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, South Derbyshire sits below the national level.
South Derbyshire at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about South Derbyshire.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, South Derbyshire has 58 schools — 47 state-funded and 11 independent. That includes 42 primary and 4 secondary schools. Of the 27 with a published Ofsted grade, 81% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 74 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in South Derbyshire, offering about 2,656 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in South Derbyshire sits in decile 7 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 5% of its 62 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,844 per m², from Land Registry sold prices matched to EPC floor areas.
Broadband
Median available download speed is about 1,000 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).
Explore South Derbyshire
See South Derbyshire through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:
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Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).